Countess Kate

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Bio of Charlotte M. Yonge

In 1838 Charlotte had her first book published - Le Chateau de Melville. It was written to raise funds for the Girl's School, and Charlotte was fifteen when it was published. Written in French, there is a copy still in existence in the Bodleian Library. In 1844 she published her first serious work, Abbeychurch, and from then on wrote copiously, sometimes publishing four books a year. She maintained this prodigious output all her life, for she wrote not only novels, but history, school textbooks, short stories, memoirs and religious instruction. She edited a magazine, The Monthly Packet, from 1851 to 1899, and serialised many of her best stories in it. During her early years as a writer, both her father and Revd. Keble were her main helpers. Charlotte wrote her stories (some of them were over a quarter of a million words!), her father and Revd Keble listened to them read, and offered constructive criticism, then they were written again for publication. In this way her best novels were written during the decade from 1853, when The Heir of Redclyffe was first published. This book was a best-seller, and many believe it was the best book she ever wrote. Mr. Yonge died suddenly from a stroke in early 1854. His unexpected death brought added suffering to his widow and daughter, because their son was abroad in the Crimean War, unaware of what had happened. Charlotte had hero-worshipped her father, valued his guidance, and his loss affected her deeply. Her brother Julian became ill whilst in the Crimea, and was invalided out of the army. He married, and soon there was a family of young children running around Otterbourne House, and the Yonges needed more room - and peace and quiet for Charlotte's work. She died in 1901, the same year as Queen Victoria. She is buried in Otterbourne Churchyard, near the east door of the church, surrounded by the graves of her family. Her own grave is a simple slab with a marble surround and a cross lying above it. To the immediate south is a large memorial to John Keble, her friend and guide.

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9781434007193